Friday, 14 March 2014

Green Saturday in Cambridge: Tony Juniper and I speaking:

THE INTERNATIONALLY RENOWNED CAMPAIGNER AND WRITER ON THEENVIRONMENT, TONY JUNIPER, IS THE MAIN SPEAKER AT A PUBLIC MEETING INCAMBRIDGE ON SATURDAY (MARCH 15TH).

Green Party activists will bemeeting people on the streets during an Action Day in the city as partof the campaign behind Rupert Read, lead candidate for the Greens in theEuropean elections on May 22nd.

Later, the two will discuss how tocreate a healthy low-carbon economy, and the important role thatCambridge researchers, businesses and residents have to play in movingto a sustainable future for our region.

Mr Juniper, a former executivedirector of Friends of the Earth, who now advises companiesinternationally on sustainability issues, was the Green Party candidatein his home city of Cambridge at the 2010 general election when he morethan doubled the Green share of the vote. He will be endorsing the GreenParty and Rupert Read in the forthcoming European election.

Dr Read, awriter and philosophy teacher at UEA, will be talking about the way inwhich we are still using up the earth's resources at too fast a rate. Hesaid:

"Britain's 'footprint' on the world is at present as if we hadthree Earths, rather than just one. Changing this is going to involve anextraordinary economic transformation: a great transition, which needsalso to be a just transition. The exciting thing is that the East ofEngland - from the Cambridge Research Park to our 'energy coast' - is inpole position to play a key role in this transition. As your MEP, Iwould seek to help offer leadership in this epochal change."

MEMBERSOF THE MEDIA ARE INVITED TO JOIN THE GREENS' STREET CAMPAIGN BY CALLINGRUPERT READ FROM 1000 SATURDAY TO ARRANGE A RENDEZVOUS, OR TO MEET TONYJUNIPER AND RUPERT READ AT 1600 AT KEYNES HALL, KING'S COLLEGE,CAMBRIDGE.

THE INTERNATIONALLY RENOWNED CAMPAIGNER AND WRITER ON THEENVIRONMENT, TONY JUNIPER, IS THE MAIN SPEAKER AT A PUBLIC MEETING INCAMBRIDGE ON SATURDAY (MARCH 15TH).

Green Party activists will bemeeting people on the streets during an Action Day in the city as partof the campaign behind Rupert Read, lead candidate for the Greens in theEuropean elections on May 22nd.

Later, the two will discuss how tocreate a healthy low-carbon economy, and the important role thatCambridge researchers, businesses and residents have to play in movingto a sustainable future for our region.

Mr Juniper, a former executivedirector of Friends of the Earth, who now advises companiesinternationally on sustainability issues, was the Green Party candidatein his home city of Cambridge at the 2010 general election when he morethan doubled the Green share of the vote. He will be endorsing the GreenParty and Rupert Read in the forthcoming European election.

Dr Read, awriter and philosophy teacher at UEA, will be talking about the way inwhich we are still using up the earth's resources at too fast a rate. Hesaid:

"Britain's 'footprint' on the world is at present as if we hadthree Earths, rather than just one. Changing this is going to involve anextraordinary economic transformation: a great transition, which needsalso to be a just transition. The exciting thing is that the East ofEngland - from the Cambridge Research Park to our 'energy coast' - is inpole position to play a key role in this transition. As your MEP, Iwould seek to help offer leadership in this epochal change."

MEMBERSOF THE MEDIA ARE INVITED TO JOIN THE GREENS' STREET CAMPAIGN BY CALLINGRUPERT READ FROM 1000 SATURDAY TO ARRANGE A RENDEZVOUS, OR TO MEET TONYJUNIPER AND RUPERT READ AT 1600 AT KEYNES HALL, KING'S COLLEGE,CAMBRIDGE.